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I've Heard the Mermaids Singing is a 1987 Canadian comedy-drama film written and directed by Patricia Rozema and starring Sheila McCarthy, Paule Baillargeon, and Ann-Marie MacDonald. It was the first English-language Canadian feature film to win an award at the Cannes Film Festival .
‘Teach me to hear mermaids singing’ is usually interpreted as a twist on the song of the Sirens from Greek mythology: the Sirens’ song was so bewitching that when they sang, passing ships were lured up onto the rocks so the Sirens could devour the men on board.
A charming and whimsical story about a daydreamer with artistic aspirations, Patricia Rozema's fanciful character study follows an amateur photographer Polly (Sheila McCarthy) as she lands a temp...
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I've Heard the Mermaids Singing – Official Re-Release Trailer. Returning to theaters March 11, 2022. This charming, whimsical story about a waifish daydreamer with artistic aspirations...
I've Heard the Mermaids Singing: Directed by Patricia Rozema. With Sheila McCarthy, Paule Baillargeon, Ann-Marie MacDonald, Richard Monette. Scatterbrained Polly gets a job as a secretary in Gabrielle's art gallery.
I’ve Heard the Mermaids Singing. Structured around a video-recorded confession, this charming, whimsical story about a waifish daydreamer with artistic aspirations won the Prix de la Jeunesse at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival and has since taken its place as a beloved lesbian classic.
Dec 15, 2023 · The gauche absent-minded temp with spiky orange hair and the polished, bourgeois curator with a gift for gab are like night and day, yet a strong connection builds between these two women through...
Feb 7, 2006 · Synopsis. I've Heard the Mermaids Singing centres on the engaging and whimsical Polly Vandersma ( Sheila McCarthy ), a naive and “organizationally impaired” temporary secretary and amateur photographer in Toronto. Polly tells the story of her unwitting involvement in art fraud to a video camera stolen from her workplace.
Polly Vandersma, an unsuccessful and somewhat talented photographer leads a solitary life in a Toronto apartment with her photos as the only décor and her bathroom-turned-darkroom as her one friend.
When Gabrielle rekindles an old romantic relationship with the younger painter Mary, Polly becomes jealous, and discovers Gabrielle isn’t exactly who she claims to be. Patricia Rozema. Director, Writer. Scatterbrained Polly gets a job as a secretary in Gabrielle's art gallery.
